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16 Sep 2025

$GOOGL JUST JOINED THE $3T CLUB ALONGSIDE $MSFT, $AAPL & $NVDA

Source: Shay Boloor

16 Sep 2025

Nicely put by Matthew Yglesias on X as another example that just owning index funds is often the wiser investment decision.

Source: Matthew Yglesias on X

3 Sep 2025

Google can keep its popular Chrome browser, a federal judge has ruled

Alphabet $GOOGLE shares are up 8% AFTER-MARKET. Source: Brew markets, CNBC

20 Aug 2025

On this day in 2004: Google went public at a valuation of $23 billion.

Today, it’s worth $2.5 trillion. Source: Jon Erlichman @JonErlichman on X

13 Aug 2025

Perplexity, valued at $18 billion, is offering $34.5 billion to buy Google Chrome.

Source: CNBC

11 Aug 2025

Harvard owns more Bitcoin than Alphabet/Google shares

Source: Documenting Bitcoin

24 Jul 2025

Alphabet reported second-quarter results on Wednesday that beat on revenue and earnings.

The company increased its capital expenditures forecast for 2025 to $85 billion, up $10 billion from February, due to “strong and growing demand for our Cloud products and services.” The company’s overall revenue grew 14% year over year, higher than the 10.9% Wall Street expected. Here are the details ($GOOG Alphabet Q2 FY25): • Revenue +14% Y/Y to $96.B ($2.5B beat). • Operating margin 32% (flat Y/Y). • EPS $2.31 ($0.12 beat). ☁️ Google Cloud: • Revenue +32% Y/Y to $13.6B. • Operating margin 21% (+9pp Y/Y). ▶️ YouTube ads +13% to $9.8B. Source: CNBC, App Economy Insights

22 Jul 2025

YouTube now owns 12.5% of all U.S. TV viewing time - more than any other distributor.

1B+ hours are watched daily on YouTube, surpassing Disney across broadcast, cable, and streaming. No studios. No soundstages. No scripts. Just total living room dominance. $GOOGL Source: Charlie Bilello

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